Live plants conquer all! I love them, they're just so beautiful but IF fake plants are needed, I prefer silk over plastic

Live plants ARE really nice. I had some for a few years in my community tank, but I just didn't have time to take care of the HUGE java Moss that I had, so I ended up giving it back. I think I'll get some more real plants soon!Right now, I use silk plants in all of my tanks! They're soft enough that they won't harm the fish with delicate fins, but they don't ruin easily. To me, plastic just looks WAY too fake.

I always have 1 or 2 live plants in my tank, and they look so pretty and natural. The fish nibble on them whenever they want, but they still last for months. I quarantine the plants before putting them in. And when I go on vacation, I don't need an automatic feeder because the plants are enough for them to eat.

Because they have an instinct to look for food at all places, just like most animals do! Note how horses and cows are most of time having their noses buried in grass on the meadows or... well, how goldfish have their snouts in the gravel